Ask the Mechanic

Steve Thompson, Contributor

STEVE: The photo accompanying this article shows a string of twine on the highway in front of my house that could very well become a ghost story, because it is scary for you and the person mowing the highway.

If you have ever used twine in a rectangular or round baler, you know what it looks like if the twine does not get cut, catches the wind and is blown out, or just falls out of the machine. It will feed out all the rolls on the highway, including the ones tied together, leaving miles of twine.

Do not attempt to roll it up. If you try, and all that twine, blowing along the highway, in your hands and piled up around you, were to get snagged by a car or truck, it could cause you serious bodily harm. That is scary, but probably just as scary for the tractor operator mowing the highway if the mower grabs the twine.

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-- Email Steve Thompson at mechanic@progressivefarmer.com, and be sure to include your contact information and phone number.

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